Exception. NIH’s role in the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting is one of arare few exemptions from new federal travel restrictions.

National Weather Association meeting heldin Madison in October because the Depart-ment of Commerce, which oversees NWS,did not approve the travel in time.The Department of Energy (DOE) hascut the number of laboratory staff memberswho will attend the premier supercomputingconference, SC12, being held in Salt LakeCity from 10 to 16 November. Last year, 550DOE lab people attended; only 400 are goingthis year. DOE labs, which typically sponsorbooths at the conference to tout their latestresearch and foster recruiting, won’t haveany this year. DOE’s reduced involvement isof serious concern, says SC12 Chair JeffreyHollingsworth, a computer scientist at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park. “Thisaffects their ability to be engaged in the cut-